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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
44
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-27
pubmed:abstractText
The mechanism by which raloxifene acts in the chemoprevention of breast cancer remains unclear. Because telomerase activity is involved in estrogen-induced carcinogenesis, we examined the effect of raloxifene on estrogen-induced up-regulation of telomerase activity in MCF-7 human breast cancer cell line. Raloxifene inhibited the induction of cell growth and telomerase activity by 17beta-estradiol (E2). Raloxifene inhibited the E2-induced expression of the human telomerase catalytic subunit (hTERT), and transient expression assays using luciferase reporter plasmids containing various fragments of the hTERT promoter showed that the estrogen-responsive element appeared to be partially responsible for the action of raloxifene. E2 induced the phosphorylation of Akt, and pretreatment with a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor, LY294002, attenuated the E2-induced increases of the telomerase activity and hTERT promoter activity. Raloxifene inhibited the E2-induced Akt phosphorylation. In addition, raloxifene also inhibited the E2-induced hTERT expression via the PI3K/Akt/NFkappaB cascade. Moreover, raloxifene also inhibited the E2-induced phosphorylation of hTERT, association of NFkappaB with hTERT, and nuclear accumulation of hTERT. These results show that raloxifene inhibited the E2-induced up-regulation of telomerase activity not only by transcriptional regulation of hTERT via an estrogen-responsive element-dependent mechanism and the PI3K/Akt/NFkappaB cascade but also by post-translational regulation via phosphorylation of hTERT and association with NFkappaB.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benz..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Chromones, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Estrogen Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Estrogens, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Luciferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Morpholines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NF-kappa B, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Raloxifene, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Telomerase
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
278
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
43363-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Chromones, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Estrogen Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Estrogens, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Morpholines, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-NF-kappa B, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Protein Processing, Post-Translational, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Raloxifene, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Telomerase, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12917431-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Raloxifene inhibits estrogen-induced up-regulation of telomerase activity in a human breast cancer cell line.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yamagata University, School of Medicine, Iidanishi, Yamagata, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article